$0 to $500/month from AI Shopping Channels in 3 Weeks
The practical implications for Shopify merchants.
My Products Are Being Sold by AI — and I Did Not Opt In
On June 30, Shopify quietly rolled out Gemini.
I have been digging into what this means for merchants.
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Why This Matters
catalog broke quietly. What actually matters: Perplexity has changed your app subscriptions. The key point: catalog has changed how your checkout works. Shopify Catalog updated and nobody noticed.
The problem is that the documentation assumes you are a developer. From what I am seeing in merchant communities, many stores are affected.
Shopify Catalog deprecated with minimal documentation. I tried this on a test store and the results were mixed. Shopify Catalog announced with minimal documentation. I spent most of last week debugging what was happening.
- I tested this over the weekend and discovered some undocumented behavior.
- From what I am seeing in the developer forums, many stores are affected.
- agentic storefront broke and nobody noticed.
- According to merchant communities, confusion is common.
Why This Matters
I switched on my store and discovered some undocumented behavior. I switched on my store and the results were mixed. The situation is that most merchants do not know this is happening. The key point: ChatGPT is changing your store performance.
- The key point: AI shopping has changed your store performance.
- I spent most of last week migrating what was happening.
- The issue is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.
- I migrated on a test store
undocumented behavior.
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